[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Still Room For Human Analysis"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R1rk1/5ppp/p1Q1p3/1R6/q7/4b1P1/P3PP1P/6K1 b - - 0 2"]
[PlyCount "4"]

{Diagram [#]} 2... Qxb5 3. Qd6 Re8 (3... Bxf2+ {Diagram [#]} 4. Kxf2 Qf5+ 5.
Kg1 Qb1+ 6. Kg2 Qe4+ 7. Kh3 Qf5+ 8. g4 {Diagram [#]} Qf1+ 9. Kg3 Qg1+ 10. Kf3
Qf1+ 11. Ke3) 4. Qe7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game by Pete Tamburro"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/p4ppp/2pbn3/3p4/8/1PNQ2Pq/P1P2P1P/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rb4 2. Ne2 Rh4 3. gxh4 Bxh2+ 4. Kh1 Bg3+ 5. Kg1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen, 1923"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H. Norman Hansen"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/ppb2ppp/2p2p2/8/3P2b1/3B1N1P/PPP2PP1/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "10"]

{Diagram [#]} 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 12. Re4 Qd5 13. c4 Qa5 14. b4 Qxb4 15.
Bh6 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (8"]
[Date "1961.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Qxc6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 Qxc5 12. c4 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Qh4 a5 16. Rac1 Rg8 17. Nb3 a4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nbd4 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21.
axb3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Rg4 24. b5 Rc8 25. c6 Be8 26. Rc2 Bg7 27. Ra1
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxd4 {Diagram [#]} 29. Nd7+ Bxd7 (29... Kc7 30. b6+ Kd8 31. cxb7)
30. cxd7 Rd8 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1947.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. a3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Re8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Qd3 Qe7
15. O-O-O Nh5 16. Rdg1 Qf6 {Diagram [#]} 17. Rg5 Rxe3 (17... Nf4 18. Qf5) 18.
Rxg7+ (18. Qxe3 Bf4) 18... Nxg7 19. fxe3 Re8 20. Nd5 Qh6 21. Kb1 Na5 22. e4
Nxc4 23. Qxc4 c6 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 f5 27. Re1 Kh8 28. Qd3 fxe4
29. Rxe4 Qg6 30. Ka2 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qe6 32. Ka1 Be5 33. Qb5 b6 34. Qf1 Kg8 35.
Qf3 Ne8 36. Qb3 Nc7 37. Qf3 Nxd5 38. exd5 Qf6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Qe7 41.
Qf5+ Kg7 42. Ka2 Kh6 43. b4 Qg5 44. Qe6+ Qf6 45. Qd7 a6 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SWI"]
[Date "1934.07.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. N3xd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qb6 18. Qd6 Ned7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qg3 g6
21. Qg5 Kh8 22. Nd6 Kg7 23. e4 Ng8 24. Rd3 {Diagram [#]} f6 (24... h6 25. Nf5+
Kh7 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 (26... f6 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. Rh3+) 27. Rh3) 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26.
Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, United States"]
[Date "1960.01.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Robin Ault"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qc5 13. Nbxd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 e5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 b6 20. Rc4 Qb5 21. g4
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. g5 Ne8 24. Qd1 Nc7 25. Qd6 Na6 26. h4 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qb5
28. Bc3 Qe8 29. Rc8 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 (30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6) (
30... Rxd8 31. Qxe7) 31. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, United States"]
[Date "1959.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Ne1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13. Nc2 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15.
f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Ng4 18. g3 Bd7 19. Kg2 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rae1
h5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rh1 Qg6 24. Nd1 Bf6 25. Qb4 h4 26. Rh3 Re7 27. Qxb7 Qe8
28. Kf1 hxg3 29. Rxg3 Bh4 30. Rg1 {Diagram [#]} Re1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Nxe1 Qxe1+
32. Kg2 Qg3+) 31... Re2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Bxe2 Qxe2+) 32... Rxc2 33. Qb4 Kh8 34.
Rg2 Nh2+ 35. Rxh2 Rxh2 36. d5 cxd5 37. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Baden, Germany"]
[Site "Baden, Germany"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Karl Janetschek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15.
Nf1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nc4 19. Ng3 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 f5 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Ne6 Rfe8 23. Qf5 Nd6 24. Qxf6 Ne4 {Diagram [#]} 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Nf5
1-0

[Event "Helsinki ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasja Pirc"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd6 15.
c3 e6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Qf2 f6 19. Nd3 Qf7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. c5 Nf7 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Nb3 f5 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Qe3 Nfd8
28. d5 Qxd5 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Nb4 Qd6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Red1 Qxf4
34. g3 Qg4 35. Rxd8 Nxd8 36. Qxc8 Qxb4 37. Rd1 Qf8 38. Qb8 Nf7 39. Qxb6 Qa3 40.
Qc6 Qa8 41. Qxa8 Rxa8 42. Ra1 Ra3 43. Nd4 e5 44. Nb5 Ra5 45. a4 Kf8 46. Kf2 Ke7
47. Ke2 Nd6 48. Nc3 Kd7 49. Rb1 Kc7 50. Kd3 f4 51. gxf4 exf4 52. Kd4 Kc6 53.
Rc1 Kd7 54. Re1 Rh5 55. Re2 Kc6 56. Rf2 Rc5 57. Ra2 f3 58. Ra1 f2 59. Rf1 {
Diagram [#]} Nf5+ 60. Kd3 Rxc3+ 61. Kxc3 Ne3 62. Rxf2 Nd1+ 63. Kd4 Nxf2 64. h4
Ng4 65. Ke4 h6 0-1

[Event "San Juan"]
[Site "San Juan, Venezuela"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Arturo Colon Romero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. cxd5 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. Bc4 exd5 8.
Bxd5 c6 9. Bb3 Bb4 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Bg4
15. Ng5 Qa5 16. f3 Bf5 17. Nge4 Kh8 18. Qf2 Be7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Nc5 b6 22. Na4 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Bh4 24. g3 Bf6 25. Bd2 Qb4 26. Nxd5 Qxd4 27. Nxf6
Qxf6 28. Bc3 Qg5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxf7 Rf8 31. Qd4 Qh6 32. Qd6 Rc8 33. Bb3
Qg5 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qc7 Nf8 35. Qf7 Be6 36. Bxe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wertheim Memorial"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1951.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "George Shainswit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1951.06.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. d4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. Ne5
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Qg4 Rfd8 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 Nf5 21.
Be5 Qh4 22. Qxh4 Nxh4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf5 25. Bc4 Ne7 26. f4 Nd5 27. Kf2
a5 28. Rd3 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rfd1 f6 31. Bd6 a4 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Rda8
34. Rd4 R8a7 35. g4 Ra8 36. Ke4 Ra5 37. Kd3 R8a7 38. Rc4 Ra8 39. Kc2 R8a7 40.
Kb1 Ra8 41. Ka1 R8a7 42. Rd4 Ra8 43. Rdd3 Nb4 44. Rf3 Nd5 45. Rg3 Ne7 46. Rgd3
Nd5 47. Kb1 R5a7 48. b3 axb3 49. Rxa7+ Rxa7 50. Rxb3 h6 51. Rb8 g6 52. Kb2 Ne3
53. Rb6 Nxg4 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Rxc6 h5 56. Rc8 Ne3 57. Bb8 Ra8 58. c6 Kf5 59.
Rd8 Nc4+ 60. Kc3 Nb6 61. Kb3 h4 62. c7 h3 63. Rh8 Kg4 64. f5 exf5 65. Rh6 Nd7
66. c8=Q Rxb8+ 67. Qxb8 Nxb8 68. Kc2 Kg3 69. Kd2 h2 70. Ke2 Kg2 71. Rg6+ Kh3 {
Diagram [#]} 72. Kf2 h1=N+ (72... h1=Q 73. Rh6+) 73. Kf3 Kh2 74. Rg2+ Kh3 75.
Rg8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Owen M Hindle"]
[Black "John Eric Littlewood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 {Diagram [#]} 3. Nxe5 (3. exf5) (3. Bc4) (3. Nc3) (3. d4)
3... Nc6 (3... Qf6) 4. Qh5+ (4. Nxc6) (4. d4) 4... g6 (4... Ke7 5. Qf7+ Kd6 6.
Nc4+ Kc5 7. Qd5+) 5. Nxg6 (5. Nxc6) 5... Nf6 6. Qh4 (6. Qh3) 6... hxg6 (6...
Rg8) 7. Qxh8 fxe4 (7... Qe7) 8. d4 Kf7 (8... Nxd4 9. Bh6 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11.
Qxf8#) 9. Nc3 (9. Bc4+ d5) 9... Nxd4 10. Bg5 (10. Bc4+ d5 11. Bxd5+ Nxd5 12.
Qxd4) 10... Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 (11. Ke2) (11. Kd2) 11... Nxa1 12. Bc4+ (12. Nxe4)
12... d5 13. Nxd5 (13. Bxd5+ Be6) 13... b5 (13... Be6 14. Bxf6) (13... Be7 14.
Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nxf6+ Be6 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nxe4 Kf5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 19. Nd2) 14.
Bxf6 (14. Bxb5 Qxd5+) (14. Bb3 Nxb3) 14... Qd6 15. Qh7+ Ke6 (15... Ke8 16.
Bxb5+ c6 (16... Bd7 17. Qxg6#) 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Nc7+ Qxc7 19. Qxc7 Bd7 20.
Re1) 16. Qg8+ Kd7 (16... Kf5 17. g4+ Kxg4 18. Qxg6+) 17. Bxb5+ (17. Qf7+ Kc6
18. Qe8+ Qd7 19. Bxb5+ Kxb5 20. Qxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxc7+) 17... c6 18. Qf7+ Be7 19.
Bxe7 Qe6 (19... Qxd5+ 20. Qxd5+) 20. Qxe6+ {Diagram [#]} Kxe6 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22.
Ba3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1k2p3/2N1n2q/1P6/2Q1K3/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qf2+ 2. Kd3 (2. Kd1 Qf1#) 2... Nc5+ 3. Kc3 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4p3/8/7q/4n3/8/4Q2P/4R2K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1b1Q/5k2/7B/8/8/8/8/4K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/3p4/1bn5/3Q4/3P3p/5N2/4BK2/7q b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2bq1bk1/6p1/6p1/3B4/8/8/5P2/2BK3Q b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Be6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q2R/6k1/6p1/4P3/3n1K2/5bP1/3P4/6q1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... g5+ 2. Kxg5 Qxg3# 0-1

[Event "US Chess Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Na5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nd2 Rb4 15.
Kh1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bg5 18. b3 axb3 19. Rxa5 b2 20. Bxb2 Bxd2 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qxd2 Bxh3 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Qxc5 Rb5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxa6 Rxc2
27. f4 {[Start Diagram Here]} exf4 28. Rxf4 g5 $1 {The leadup to the tactic
shows Ramirez had envisioned it well in advance. Otherise, he may have chosen
28...g6.} 29. Bxf7+ $2 {The obvious move, but falling into the trap! "I
thought for 15 minutes before 27...exf4 28. Rxf4 g5. I don't know what he
thinks I was looking at," Ramirez said.} (29. Rxf7 $2 Rxd5 30. Raf6 {and white
is lucky to have a perpetual}) (29. Ra8+ {getting a pair of rooks off the
board was key to maintaining the advantage} Rc8 (29... Kg7 $2 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31.
Rxd7 $18) 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 (31... gxf4 32. Rc7) 32. Rf1 {and with
Kamsky's technique, white should win since black's bishop is useless and he
cannot immediately threaten the connected passed pawns}) 29... Kg7 30. Rf1 Bh3
$1 {shades of Topalov-Shirov, 1998 and played almost instantly. "Bh3 - wow!
That's not OK," Kamsky said after the game. "After that I was just trying not
to lose. It was not a pleasant moment."} (30... Rbb2 $2 {doubling rooks first
is a mistake due to} 31. Bd5 Rxg2 $4 (31... Be8 32. e5) 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Ra8+ {
and mates}) 31. Ra7 (31. gxh3 Rbb2 32. Rfa1 {is another way to draw, but
allowing the rook battery and resulting perpetual symbolically is not fun})
31... Bxg2+ 32. Kg1 Bxf1 33. Bb3+ Kg6 34. Bxc2 Rb2 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Ra7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Championship, Tiebreak Game One"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 {Kamsky decides not to repeat the Ruy Lopez of their round seven game.}
Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {According to Ramirez, a plan with a quick
...e5 and ...d5 equalizes.} 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Qc7 {Very comittal -
the queen could later be attacked by numerous pieces, but Ramirez decided that
white's defense of c4 would also be awkward..} 8. Na3 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Nc6
11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Nb5 $1 {Diagram [#] White improves
his worst-placed piece, at the expense of the black queen. 14...axb5? 15. cxb5
and white will have enormous pressure.} Qd7 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 $2 {
Black's only real weakness was the b6-square, and this move allows Kamsky a
positional tactic.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rac8 (18... Bg7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc7
$16) 19. cxb5 (19. Nb6 $2 Qb7+ 20. Nd5 e6 $19) 19... Qxb5 {Diagram [#]} 20.
Nxf6+ {According to GM Robert Hess, white should leave the knight in the
center for a while. The bishop cannot move since Nxe7+ hangs everything.} {
Still, in a rapid game, this looks exactly like the kind of position Kamsky
converts nine times out of ten. Now black has weaknesses all over.} exf6 21. e3
Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6+ 23. Kg1 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qc2 {Ramirez wisely chooses active
defense. 24...Rd8 would have been even more miserable. Still, things are grim.
"I get to be tortured forever now," he said.} 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. a4 (26. Rxd6
Rxa2 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rb6 h5 {and black can probably hold (Ramirez)}) 26... Rc6
27. Rd4 Kf8 28. Rb4 Ke7 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. a5 Rc2 {Diagram [#] Perhaps a small
inaccuracy, due to white's next move. 31. Rb6 was not a threat, so black
should have taken this move to find a hiding place for his king. White's plan
is to get a passed a-pawn, put his rook on a8, and advance the pawn to a7.
When this happens, black's king cannot allow a check on the eighth rank, nor
can he hide on the seventh rank due to possible skewers.} 31. g4 $1 {Now if
black tries ...f5 at some point, to hide his king on f6, white can respond g5
and the black king is running out of squares fast.} h5 {Ramirez takes action
against that plan, even though he weakens more pawns. Had he played ...h5
earlier, his defensive task would not have been as difficult.} 32. gxh5 gxh5
33. Kg2 f5 34. Rb6 Rb2 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Rxa6 Rxb3 37. Ra8 Ra3 38. a6 f4 {Black
correctly tries to remove as many pawns as he can.} 39. a7 Kf5 {hiding behind
the f-pawn to prevent 40. Re8+ and 41. a8=Q (now we see why Ramirez had to
build a shelter)} 40. Ke2 fxe3 41. fxe3 h4 42. h3 Ra4 {Four of white's five
pieces are stuck. It is up to his king to find a path into black's position.}
43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Ra5 47. Kb4 Ra1 48. Kb5 Rb1+ 49.
Kc6 Rc1+ 50. Kd5 Rc5+ 51. Ke4 Ra5 {Diagram [#] A perfect geometric motif - the
black rook continues to pull double-duty, keeping an eye on the pawn's advance
and the king's invasion.} 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Kg4 Ra4+ 54. Kh5 Kf5 55. e4+ {one
last trick} Kf6 (55... Kxe4 $2 56. Re8+ Kf5 57. a8=Q $18) (55... Rxe4 $2 56.
Rb8 $18) 56. Kxh4 d5 (56... Rxe4+ {is also fine}) 57. Kg3 dxe4 {"The endgame
is drawn even without black's e- and f-pawns," Ramirez said.} 58. Kf4 Kg7 59.
h4 Kh7 60. h5 Kg7 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Ke3 f5 63. Kf4 Ra6 {and there are no more
tricks to try. A great defensive effort for Ramirez.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Championship Tiebreak Game Two"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Ba2
c5 16. c3 Bc6 17. Bd5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rab8 20. c4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1
22. Qxc1 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Ra3 Qb7 25. Qa1 f5 26. Rxa6 Ra8 27. Ra2 Rxa2 28.
Qxa2 Ra8 29. Rb1 Rxa2 30. Rxb7 {[Starting diagram here - do not include
opening moves] Once again Ramirez has an uphill climb for the draw. This time
his task is more difficult - d3 is very weak and the black bishop is about to
come alive.} Bf6 (30... Kf7 $2 31. Nxe5+ dxe5 32. d6 Rd2 33. dxe7 Rxd3 34. Rc7
{and white is not worse}) 31. Rb8+ {A random check which leads to passive
defense, but Ramirez had a key decision here. He could have gone for activity,
but he had to chose carefully.} (31. Rd7 $2 e4 $1 32. dxe4 Ra1+ $1 33. Kh2 fxe4
34. Ng1 (34. Nd2 e3 $3 35. fxe3 Be5+ 36. g3 Ra2 $19) 34... Be5+ 35. Kh1 Rf1 {
is hopeless and pitiful for white}) (31. g4 $1 {a great resource, countering
black's intended pawn thrust with one of his own} e4 (31... fxg4 32. hxg4 {and
white controls e4}) 32. dxe4 fxe4 33. g5 Bd4 34. g6 $3 hxg6 35. Rb8+ Kf7 (35...
Kh7 $4 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Nf7+ Kh5 38. Rh8#) 36. Ng5+ {and white is slightly
better! (Ramirez)}) 31... Kf7 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. Rb1 {Unlike game one, Ramirez
scrambles back for passive defense.} Kd7 34. Rd1 h5 {seemingly shutting down
any g4 plans for white} 35. g4 $1 {Diagram [#] It takes a bit of time for the
computer to find the move. With black finally gearing up for ...e4, white
offers a pawn to secure the square for his knight.} hxg4 36. hxg4 e4 $1 {
determined to open the bishop while depriving the knight of e4} (36... fxg4 37.
Nd2 {The computer thinks black has an advantage, but computers do not
understand fortresses too well. 37. Nh2 would be fine also.}) 37. dxe4 fxg4 38.
e5 $3 {Diagram [#] You take my pawn. No you take mine. No, I insist!} gxf3 39.
exf6 gxf6 40. Rc1 {Black has more tricks than in game one, but his extra pawn
is not very useful.} f5 41. Rc3 Ke7 42. Re3+ {This looks safer than 42. Rxf3+,
when after 42...Rc2 43. Rxf5 Rxc4, if black can get his rook to e5, there
could be issues.} Kf6 43. Re6+ Kg5 44. Rxd6 Rc2 45. Rc6 Kf4 46. Rh6 (46. Rxc5
Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Rf1 48. Rc7 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Rd2 50. Kf1 {still draws, but the
f3-pawn looks very intimidating, especially with the clock ticking down}) 46...
Kg5 47. Rh8 Rxc4 48. d6 Rd4 49. Rc8 Rxd6 50. Rxc5 Kg4 51. Rc4+ Kh3 52. Rc1 Rg6+
{Diagram [#] Here Ramirez took more than a minute of his dwindling time to play
} 53. Kh1 {When 53. Kf1 would lose on the spot to 53...Kh2. "By this point I
was exhausted," Ramirez said.} Rg2 54. Rc2 {Kamsky shook his head, perhaps
only seeing 54. Rf1? Kh4 and white is in zugzwang. Too easy of a move to miss?
I missed Rf2 at first also. Even the journalists were tired.} Rg7 55. Rc3 Kg4
56. Rc4+ f4 57. Rc8 Kf5 58. Rc3 $1 {Diagram [#] Allowing Kamsky's king to
invade, but Ramirez had the brilliant plan all worked out.} Ke4 59. Rc4+ Kd3
60. Rxf4 Ke2 61. Ra4 Kxf2 {Kamsky said afterward he had almost an identical
ending against against Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2011 World Cup, where his
super-GM opponent was not able to hold a book draw.} 62. Ra2+ Kg3 63. Kg1 Rb7
64. Rg2+ $1 {The only move that draws! If the king backs up, white's rook gets
behind the king for a series of endless checks.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Championship Armageddon Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Qc7 8.
Na3 d6 9. Ndb5 Qd8 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Nd5 Nd7
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b3 Re8 17. h3 Nde5 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nc2 Qd7 20. Nb6 Qd8 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Nd5 Nc5 23. f4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. f5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ne5 27. Nb4 {
[Starting Diagram here] The two resprised their opening from the first
tiebreak game, but Kamsky wisely kept more pieces on the board to try to push
his starting time advantage.} Qa5 $1 {Trying to paralyze the white queen and
knight. Again, Ramirez chooses active defense rather than tethering himself to
the c5-knight, but Kamsky uses a lot of his extra time to find the right path.}
28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rbc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qf4 {Diagram [#]
The last few moves were played in quick succession by Kamsky, who found this
great maneuver to unpin his knight and keep it poised to invade via c6.
Black's knight is the only piece keeping his position together, stopping both
Nc6 and Qxf7+, so Ramirez decided to reinforce it.} Qc7 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 f5
{weakening, but black wanted to relieve his knight of one of his duties} 35.
Nc6 Nxc6 36. Qxc7 Rxc7 37. dxc6 {Diagram [#] Ramirez thought afterward that
black might be able to hold. A good try would be to get the bishop to e5, the
king activated, and hold tight.} e5 $2 {Natural but losing. Again Ramirez
wants to be active, and hopes to get his pawn to e4, where the chain will
complement his bishop and give him some much-need space. Unfortunately there
is a tactical refutation.} 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. g4 {Black now loses some pawns or
has them all blockaded on the wrong color.} Ke7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rxf5 Kd6 42.
Bf3 Ra7 43. Rg5 e4 44. Bxe4 Be5 45. Rg6+ Kc5 46. Bf3 Kb6 (46... Rxa4 47. c7
Bxc7 48. Rc6+ $18) 47. Rg5 Ra5 48. h4 Kc7 49. h5 Kd6 50. h6 Rxa4 51. Rxe5 $1
Kxe5 52. c7 {"Kamsky gave me no chances in the playoff," Ramirez said.} 1-0

[Event "2013 U.S. and Womens' Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis, Missouri, USA"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Krush, Irina"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.23"]
[TimeControl "6000+1635"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:32"]
[BlackClock "0:01:35"]

{This third round game was played on a very special day, May 5th, Orthodox
Easter. When I realized at the drawing of lots that my most critical game of
the tournament would fall on this day, I could not help but see something
symbolic in that. On one hand, it wasn't ideal- the first few days of the
tournament were particularly hard, as they were the last days of the Holy Week
and I tried to spend as much time in church as I could. If it were up to me, I
would've put this game further on in the event, when I'd be able to focus on
it 100%. But on the other hand, I knew that there are no accidents in life, so
I just trusted that it was all for the best.} 1. Nf3 {A surprise. Anna usually
opens with 1.d4. I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out what
inspired her change, and also wondering if I should use this opportunity to
deviate from my preparation as well.} (1. d4) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 {I decided to
stick to the plan. There are lots of openings to try to equalize with, but on
the day of the Lord's victory you should also play for victory!} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
d4 O-O 5. e4 {No 5.g3?- another small surprise from Anna.} (5. g3) 5... d6 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 {Diagram [#] From the point of view of my preparation,
this was a stunning (and not very pleasant) turn of events. A mainline King's
Indian? Anna had never played it before. I thought we were at least heading
for 8.Be3, Fridman-Naiditsch GRENKE Chess Classic 2013. Now I had to face the
possibility of making one inaccurate move and losing the entire right-hand
part of the board. This made me a little anxious. But my unchanging goal for
the tournament was to always hold on to my inner peace, and so even this
didn't unsettle me too much.} (8. Be3) 8... Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 {A line
that I'd played for many years with White, but Anna does it a little
differently.} (10. Be3) 10... f5 11. f3 $5 (11. Bd2 {is what I used to play,
but it allows 11...fxe4, a good equalizing try.} fxe4) 11... f4 {Now that the
bishop can't come to g4, Black can safely advance with that pawn.} 12. Bd2 h5
13. Rc1 g5 {Diagram [#]} 14. Be1 {This move was a big relief to me. White is
mixing two lines (10.Nd3 and 10.Be3), both of which I've played with White.
The bishop is supposedly heading to f2, but instead of going there in two
moves (Be3-f2), he takes three. I'd be more worried about something direct
like 14.c5.} (14. c5) 14... Ng6 15. c5 $1 {White gets back on the right track.
I thought a little about taking this pawn, but not too seriously; any opening
of the queenside should be good for White.} Nf6 16. Nb5 Rf7 ({I considered} 
16... a6 {but was afraid of the typical piece sac} 17. cxd6 axb5 18. dxc7 Qd7
19. Qb3 {; the comp shows that type of position to be in White's favor usually.
}) 17. Qc2 (17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qc2 Ne8 19. Bf2 g4 {with typical counterplay;}
20. Nxa7 {is met with} Bd7) 17... a6 18. Na3 {Diagram [#] I got nervous after
this move, as Nc4, cxd6 and Ba5 with an invasion on b6 is coming. If I lose
the light squared bishop, I'll probably lose the game. And I just couldn't
solve this problem in a good way. The continuation I played in the game-
taking on f3 to free up the g4 square- seemed pretty artificial, but it's the
only thing I found.    Now here's a funny story: after this game my coach
praised my play, saying I had played great. He mentioned how I should have
considered capturing on d6 with the bishop (as you'll see in the line below),
but it didn't seem like big criticism. But after the tournament, he wasn't shy
about expressing his real opinion of my opening play with "I thought you said
you'd studied KID positions!!" What he'd said during the tournament was only
partly true- that I played well after a certain point, but definitely not in
this part.     I was really impressed with his coaching strategy of concealing
the truth of my bad play from me :) I can tell you for sure, at this stage,
the fine points of how to play the King's Indian were not going to be nearly
as useful to me as having confidence that I was playing well.     Now that I
think back to it, my coach was positive every day, giving me only mild
feedback on what I could have done better. He is much harder on me at home :)}
({Now} 18. cxd6 axb5 19. dxc7 {is a much better version for Black, cause Rf7
is more useful than Qc2.}) 18... g4 (18... Bf8 $1 {would have been in the
spirit of the King's Indian:} 19. Nc4 (19. cxd6 Bxd6 $1 20. Nc5 Nf8) 19... g4
20. Ba5 (20. cxd6 Bxd6) 20... Qe8 $1 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 {The key is
to recapture on d6 with the bishop, getting rid of this poor piece. I totally
underappreciated this idea, thinking only that it'd make the c5 square too
weak. Definitely my lack of King's Indian experience became obvious in this
decision.}) 19. Nc4 (19. cxd6) 19... gxf3 (19... Bf8 $1 {was not too late, as
Anna had not played 19.cxd6.}) 20. Bxf3 Bg4 {So my position is pretty dubious
here. White has different ways to prove that, but my coach liked 21.Qe2! which
would stop my regrouping with ...Nh7. Then White plays Bf2 and doubles on the
c-file.} 21. Qf2 {This move didn't look punishing enough.} (21. Qe2) 21... Bf8
22. cxd6 cxd6 {Still reluctant to play ...Bxd6. It's funny how in the end I
will be so eager to trade that bishop.} (22... Bxd6) 23. Kh1 Nh7 24. Bb4 {This
move was a red flag, and I immediately remembered some Kortschnoj games.} Qf6 {
Running away from Qb6!} 25. Rc2 Ng5 26. Rfc1 Rg7 {Diagram [#] I was pretty
pleased with this position. I've got a nice little army on the g-file, and the
queenside has not been lost yet. I was not sure how White planned to make
progress there.} 27. Nb6 Re8 28. Rc7 Ree7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Rc7 Nxf3 31. gxf3
Bh3 {Diagram [#] Doesn't this look overwhelming for Black? ...Nh4 is coming...}
32. Nc8 $1 {I totally overlooked this counterattack. I got down to about two
minutes here looking for a forced win. I was sure it was there. How could it
not be? Finally I had no choice but to give up on a winning line and make a
move. But you know what? There is no win. It's just an equal position. During
the game I didn't know that though, and psychologically it was difficult
because I felt like I had failed to find it.} Bf8 (32... Nh4 33. Nxe7+ Kh7 34.
Ng8 $1 Kxg8 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxd6 $18 {is an example of what can happen to
Black if he's exceedingly ambitious.}) 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nb6 Be7 35. Qg1 {Now
I felt like the tables had turned. Unexpectedly, White is threatening to win
the Bh3 with Nf2. A few moves ago I had been looking for a win, now with the
seconds ticking down I'm about to lose a piece. I tried hard not to panic and
found} Bd8 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Be1 Kf7 38. Bf2 Nh4 39. Ne1 b5 40. Nb6 (40. Na3 Ba5
41. Nac2 {was possible, but it's understandable that with little time, Anna
didn't want the bishop to be activated on a5.}) 40... Qd8 {Diagram [#] So with
less than perfect play in time trouble, we arrived in this position. I was
disappointed at having my "win" escape, and although I preferred my position,
I was not at all sure I could win it.} 41. b4 (41. Na8 Ba5 (41... Bb8 42. Ba7)
42. Bb6 {would probably have been a better idea.}) 41... Ng6 $1 {I thought for
a long time here, and managed to come up with this slightly paradoxical move.
Why retreat the active knight? Well, firstly it ties down the queen, and after
an exchange on b6, I won't be able to move away from the g5 square. On g6 the
knight is very solid and makes my king much safer to the Qg5 incursion.} 42. a4
Bxb6 {Byebye, dear bishop. You did good for a KID bishop :)} 43. Bxb6 Qc8 {I
missed the simple and deep finesse 43...Qd7!! which wins the game. Either
White takes on b5, allowing ...Qxb5 and ...Qxe2 or if they play a5, then back
to c8 and the b4 pawn won't have protection from Ba5 anymore.} (43... Qd7 44.
axb5 (44. a5 Qc8) 44... Qxb5) 44. axb5 axb5 45. Qf2 ({A key point behind 41...
Ng6 reveals itself in the following line:} 45. Qg5 Qc3 46. Bf2 Qc4 {and Black
infiltrates on f1 without having to worry about the knight hanging.}) 45... Qc4
46. Ba5 {Diagram [#] White's position is getting close to a breaking point,
but what I have is not enough. I realized the Ng6 needs to contribute more. I
envisioned putting him somewhere on g5, to make sacrifices on e4 possible.} Nf8
47. Qa7+ {There is not much to move, and we are back down to a couple minutes,
so I suppose this is logical.} Nd7 48. Qf2 Nf6 49. Qa7+ Kg6 50. Qg1+ {Diagram 
[#]} Ng4 $1 {Suddenly this move presented itself. The knight had better plans
for himself than I did.} 51. fxg4 {This was cooperative. After I played 50...
Ng4, I noticed that 51.Ng2 still offered resistance. As I was trying to work
it out, Anna took the knight.} (51. Ng2) 51... Qxe4+ 52. Ng2 hxg4 53. Qf2 Qxd5
54. Qc2+ Kg7 55. Bc7 f3 56. Kg1 (56. Ne3 f2+ 57. Nxd5 f1=Q#) 56... Bxg2 57. Kf2
Qd4+ 58. Kg3 Qf4+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2 60. Qf5 Bh3+ {A tough game which was only
decided in the last few minutes. My opening choice had been risky, but the
payoff was huge- the path to the Championship had been cleared of the biggest
obstacle.} 0-1

[Event "2013 U.S. Women's Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Bf2 Nf4 16. Ne2 Bxg5 17. Rhg1 f6 18. Be3 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Kh8
21. Rg4 Rf7 22. Rdg1 d6 23. Rh4 Qc5 24. Qe1 Re8 25. Qg3 Kg8 26. Rg2 Ree7 27.
Rh5 Qe3 28. b3 Bc8 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qg3 Rg7 31. h3 Rg6 32. Re2 Qd4 33. Re1 Bd7
34. Qh2 a5 35. Qe2 Qc5 36. c4 b4 37. Rd1 Be6 38. Bc2 Ra7 39. Qd2 {[STARTING
DIAGRAM HERE - Ignore opening moves]} Ra6 {Combining attack with defense.
Krush guards her only weakness and prepares ...a4 and a deadly opening of the
a-file. After sacrificing her g-pawn many moves ago, Abrahamyan has to try to
get something going on the other flank.} 40. h4 g4 $1 41. f4 (41. fxg4 $2 Bxg4
{forking the rooks}) 41... g3 $5 {Suddenly that extra pawn goes from a
defensive blockader to a soon-to-be queen, but the simple 41...Bf7 to avoid
the fork would have done just fine.} (41... Bf7 42. f5 Rg7 43. Rh6 g3 44. Qg2
a4 {and white simply cannot defend both sides of the board}) 42. f5 Rg7 43.
fxe6 g2 {Diagram [#]} 44. e7 $2 {natural, but missing the brilliant and far
from obvious} (44. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 {black cannot afford to allow e7+, so she must
activate white's long-imprisoned bishop} 45. exd5 g1=Q 46. Bxh7+ Kf8 47. Rxg1
Rxg1+ 48. Kc2 {and white's strong passed pawns, combined the the lack of
communication of black's rooks, means the game is highly unclear}) 44... Ra8
45. Rg5 fxg5 46. Qxg2 gxh4 47. Qh3 Rxe7 48. Qxh4 Rg7 49. Qf6 Rg6 50. Qe7 Rf8 {
...Rg1 is coming, ending all hope for white} 0-1

[Event "2013 U.S. Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finegold, Ben"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Klein, Mike"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.07"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Qe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nc5 15.
Nb3 Ne6 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. c4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4 19. Qd7 Nf4 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Qxc6
Bc8 22. Raf1 {[Starting Diagram here] White just played 22. Raf1. He could
have consolidated by trading off the pesky knight, but his normal-looking
developing move is swiftly punished by} Ne2+ $1 {It is all over - white
resigned in view of} 23. Kh1 (23. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rxe1#) 23...
Rxf2 {even better than 23...Ng3+} (23... Ng3+) 24. Bxf2 Qxf2 $1 25. Rb1 Nf4 26.
Rg1 Rd1 $1 {or} (26... Nh3 $1 27. gxh3 Qf3+ 28. Rg2 Rd1#) 0-1

[Event "Correspondence, 1978"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Curtis Hutchings, Jr"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. e5 d5 8.
Bb5 Ne4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Rf2
Qg6 15. Ne2 f6 16. Nf4 Qf7 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 {Diagram [#]} Rxf6 (18...
gxf6) 19. Re1 g5 (19... Bxc2 20. Nh5 Rh6 21. Rxc2 Rxh5 22. Rxc6 Rc8 23. Re7)
20. Nd3 Re6 (20... Bxd3 21. cxd3) 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Re2 Re8 23. Nb4 Bd7 24.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. c3 {Diagram [#]} Bd7 26. Kf2 (26. Na6 Bc8 27. Nxc7 (27. Nc5)
27... Kf7) 26... Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. Nd3 h5 30. Nc5 Be8 31. b4 g4
32. f4 h4 33. g3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bg6 35. a4 Bc2 36. a5 Bg6 37. a6 Bc2 38. Nb7+
Ke6 39. Kc5 Kd7 40. f5 d4 41. cxd4 Bxf5 42. Na5 Bd3 43. Nxc6 Bxa6 44. Nb8+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia, PA, 1978"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Dunne"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nf5 {Diagram [#]} Kh8 (11... Bxf5 12. Qxf5
Re8 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6) 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6
gxf6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. f4 Bg4 (18... Kg7) 19. Rd4 d5 (19... f5)
20. Kf2 dxe4 21. Rexe4 {Diagram [#]} Rxd4 (21... Kg7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. Ra4 Bxc2 25. Rxa6 Rd3+) 22. Rxd4 Rb8 23. b3 Bf5 24. Rc4 Bxc2 25. Rxc6 Rd8
26. Ke1 Rd6 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Kd2 Bf5 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Ne4 Bd5 31. g3 Kg7 32.
Nxd6 Kg6 33. Kd4 Bf3 34. b4 Kh5 35. Ne4 Kg6 36. a4 Kf5 37. Nc5 Bc6 38. a5 Kg4
39. Nxa6 Kh3 40. Ke3 Kxh2 41. Kf2 Kh3 42. Nc7 Kg4 43. b5 Bh1 44. a6 Kf5 45. b6
1-0

[Event "Rochester, NY 1979"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rich Jackson"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bb5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 (
14. Qa5 {Diagram [#]}) 14... c5 15. Qa5 c4 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Rc3 c6 18. Qa3 f6
19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 fxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Bf6 23. Ne6 Qd6 (23... Qa5
24. Re2 Qxa2) 24. Re2 Re8 25. Qg4 g6 (25... Re7) 26. f4 Kf7 27. f5 Re7 28. h4
gxf5 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qxf5 {Diagram [#]} Rf7 (30... Bg7) 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. h5 h6
(32... Qb8 33. Rf2 Qg8 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. h6 Qc8 36. Ng7 {Diagram [#]}) 33. Qg6
Qe7 34. Qxh6+ Rh7 35. Qf4 Rxh5 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxf8 Bxd4+ 39.
Rf2 Kg6 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Worchester, MA 1979"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Trice"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4
8. Qg4 Ng5 9. f4 d6 10. Qg3 dxe5 11. fxg5 O-O 12. d3 {Diagram [#]} e4 13. dxe4
Qd4+ 14. Qe3 Qc4 15. Qd3 (15. b3 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Re8) 15... Qxd3 16.
cxd3 Rd8 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Bf4 Rxd3 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Rf3 Rd7 22.
h3 Bc4 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. Be3 Bd6+ 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Kg3 Bc5 (26... Rd7) 27. b3 Be6
28. Rd3 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 {Diagram [#]} 31. Kf3 (31. Ra8 Bb4 32.
Na4 a5 33. Ra7 c5 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 c4 36. bxc4 Bxc4 37. a3 Bxa3 38. Bxa5)
31... f5 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Ne4 Bd4 36. g4 Bg6 37. Bd2
Ke7 38. Kf4 Ke6 39. Be3 Kd5 40. Bxd4 {Diagram [#]} Bxe4 (40... Kxd4 41. Nf6 Bb1
42. h4 c5 43. h5 Bxa2 44. Nxh7 Bxb3 45. Nf8 c4 46. Ne6+) 41. Be5 Bb1 42. a3 Bc2
43. b4 Kc4 44. Bxc7 c5 45. Ba5 cxb4 46. axb4 Kd5 47. Kg5 Ke6 48. h4 {1/2-1/2}
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Diego, CA, 1982"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A. Hanku"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O f6 (10... Bd7) 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3+ Kh8
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nxe4 Ba6 16. Rd1 Be2 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Rdb1 fxe5)
11... bxc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 {Diagram [#]} 13. Qb3+ (13. Ng5 Qd5 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qb3+ Rf7 17. Qxb4 Rg7 18. f3 Qe2 19. Rf2 Qd1+ 20. Rf1 Qe2) 13...
Qd5 14. Qxd5+ (14. Qxb4 exf3 15. Re1 Be6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Re5 Qd6 18. Qc5)
14... cxd5 15. Bd2 (15. Nd2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Ba6 17. Rd1 Bc5) 15... Rb8 16. Bxb4
Rxb4 17. Nd2 (17. Ne1 Ba6 18. Nc2 Rxb2 19. Rfc1 fxe5) 17... Rxb2 18. Rfd1 fxe5
19. dxe5 c5 20. f3 c4 21. fxe4 c3 {Diagram [#]} 22. Nb3 (22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Ne1
Ba6 24. h4 c2 25. Rdc1 Bd3) (22. Nf1 c2 23. Rdc1 d4 24. Nd2 d3 25. a4 Be6 26.
Ra3 Rfb8 27. Rxd3 Rb1) 22... Rff2 23. Nc5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rxh2+ 25. Kg1 Rbg2+ 26.
Kf1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Buffalo, NY 1986"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halldor Pallson"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Ne2 c5 13. d5 Re4 14. Qd3 (14.
b3) 14... Qe7 15. Nc3 Bxf3 {Diagram [#]} 16. Qxf3 (16. Rxf3 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Ng4
18. Qh3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 f5 20. Bd2 Qe5 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Re2 Qxc4) 16... Rxc4 17.
Nb5 Re8 18. Bd2 Re4 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxf4 Qxd5 23.
Rd1 Rd4 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Be3 f5 27. g3 a5 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Rc4 Rd3
30. Kf3 Nd2+ {Diagram [#]} 31. Ke2 Nxc4 32. Kxd3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Ke6 34. Kf4 Kf6
35. h4 g6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Kxg4 h6 38. b3 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 0-1

[Event "Penn State, PA 1987"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SM Allan Savage"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Kh1 Bb8 12. Bxc6 Rxc6) 9... Bg4 10.
Nc4 Bc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd3 Nd7 (12... Nd5) (12... Re8) 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Rae1
Qf6 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {Diagram [#]} Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bc3 Rxe1 19.
Bxf6 (19. Rxe1 Qd8 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qxf4) 19... Be2 20. Rxe1 (20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxe1 f3 22. Bd4 g5) 20... Bxd3 21. cxd3 gxf6 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rc3 Kg7 24. Kf2
Kg6 25. b4 Rd4 26. a3 a5 (26... Kg5 27. Ke2 Rd6) 27. bxa5 Ra4 28. Rc5 Rxa3 29.
Ke2 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Ra4 31. h3 h5 32. h4 Ra2 33. Kxf4 Rxg2 34. a6 Rg4+ 35. Ke3 Ra4
36. Rxc6 {Diagram [#]} Rxh4 (36... Kf5 37. Rb6 Ra3 38. Kd4 Kg4 39. Kc5 f5 40.
Rb4+ f4 41. Kb6 Rxd3 42. Ra4 Rd8 43. a7 Kg3 44. Kc7 Rh8 45. a8=Q {Diagram [#]}
Rxa8 46. Rxa8 f3 47. Ra3 Kg2 48. Ra5 f2 49. Rg5+ Kh3 50. Rf5 Kg2) 37. Rc4 Rh3+
38. Kd4 Rh1 39. Kc5 Ra1 40. Kb5 Kg5 41. Ra4 Rb1+ 42. Kc6 h4 43. a7 h3 44. a8=Q
h2 45. Qg8+ Kf5 46. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Buffalo, NY 1988"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall Dieteman"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 c5 {Diagram [#]} (11... Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Nd5) 12. O-O g5 13. Nf3 Rg8 14. Nbd2 Ba6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bd2
Rc8 (17... c4 18. Na5 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 f3) 18. Bc3 (18.
dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 Nb7 20. Bxd6+ Nxd6 21. Rad1 Nf5) 18... Bb7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Be7 21. Rad1 Bc6 {Diagram [#]} 22. e6 f5 (22... Rg6) 23. Be5 (23. Re5 Be4
24. Rd7 Rg6 25. Nd2 Rc6 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 a6) 23... c4 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Kf1
Be4 26. Re2 Ke7 {Diagram [#]} 27. Nb5 (27. Red2) 27... f3 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Nc7
Rgd8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. gxf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "Eastern Open, 1990"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Benjamin"]
[Black "Peter Kurzdorfer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "Kurzdorfer, Peter"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Ba6 {Diagram [#]} 12. Re1 (12. c4 Bd4
13. Nxc6 Bxb2 14. Nxd8 Bxa1 15. Nd2 Bc3 16. Nc6 Bxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxe4 18. Ba5 Bxc4
19. Ra1 Re8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bxc7) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxe1 15.
Bxc7 Rc8 16. Ba5 Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nd1 {Diagram [#]} 18. Nd2 (18. b3 Bf2+ 19. Kh1
Bc5 20. Nf3 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nd3+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Nbd2 Bc8 24. h3 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxh3
{Diagram [#]}) 18... Bf2+ 19. Kh1 Nxb2 20. Ne4 Bb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rb1 Na4
23. Rb4 b5 24. Rd4 f6 25. Nd3 c5 26. Rd6 Re8 27. Rxa6 Rxe4 28. Kg1 c4 29. Nb4
Nxc3 30. Nc6 Re2 31. Nd4 Rd2 32. Nf5 Ne4 33. h3 c3 34. Kh2 c2 35. Rc6 b4 36.
Ne3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "LVCA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Newhart, Dennis"]
[Black "Zumpino, Drew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1284"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. f4 {Diagram [#]} c5 (4... Ne4 5. -- f5) 5. c3
Nc6 6. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Be3 (8. Ne5) 8... Qc7 9. Ne5 O-O
10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ndf3 (11. O-O f6 (11... f5 12. g4) 12. Qh5) 11... f6 (11... f5)
12. Qc2 {Diagram [#]} f5 13. Qe2 (13. g4) 13... Ndxe5 (13... Nf6) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
(14... Bxe5) 15. fxe5 Be7 16. O-O {Diagram [#]} a6 17. g4 fxg4 (17... g6) 18.
Qxg4 Qd8 19. Qh5 {Diagram [#]} Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 g6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 {
Diagram [#]} 23. Rf7 (23. Rf3 Bh4 24. Rh3) (23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Kh1) 23... Qg8 24.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rxe7 {Diagram [#]} b5 (25... b6) 26. h4 Rb8 27. h5 Bb7 28. Bg5
Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 29. Bf6+ (29. h6 Rg8) 29... Kg8 30. h6 1-0

[Event "FIDE GM Zug"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/6k1/8/Pp3Pp1/1P6/2r2PK1/4R3 b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 37... Rb2 38. Re3 f5 (38... Kf5 39. Kg3 f6) 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. f3 gxf3 41.
Kxf3 Rd2 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. a5 Ra2 44. Rd3 Rxa5 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rb6 Ra2 47. Rxb4
Rd2 48. Kh4 Rg2 49. Rd4 Ke6 50. b4 {# #} Rg1 51. Kh3 Rg8 52. b5 Rh8+ 53. Kg3
Rg8+ 54. Kh4 Rh8+ 55. Kg5 Rg8+ 56. Kh6 Rb8 57. Ra4 (57. Rb4 Kf6 58. Kh7 Rb7+
59. Kh6 Rb8) 57... Rxb5 58. Kg6 Rc5 59. Ra7 Rb5 60. Rf7 Ra5 61. Rf8 Ke7 62. Rb8
Ra6+ 63. Kxf5 Kf7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Kg5 Rc6 66. f5 Ra6 67. Rb8+ Kf7 68. Rb7+ Kf8
69. Rb8+ Kf7 70. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GM Zug"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4k2/6pp/2R1p3/8/5P2/1P4P1/7P/6K1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 31... Ra1+ (31... Ke7 32. Rc1) (31... Ra3 32. b4 Rb3) 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33.
Kf3 Ke7 34. h3 Rb2 35. Rc3 h6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Ke4 g5 38. fxg5+ hxg5 39. h5 (39.
hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Kd4) 39... Rh2 40. g4 (40. b4 Rxh5 41. b5) 40... Rg2 41. Kf3 Rb2
42. Kg3 {# #} Kg7 $2 (42... Rb1 43. Kf2 Rb2+ (43... Ke5 44. Rh3 $1) 44. Ke1 Rg2
45. Rc4 Ke5 46. b4 Rb2) 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Rb7 e5 45. Rb6+ Kh7 46. Rg6 Rxb3+ 47.
Kf2 e4 48. Rxg5 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Ra3 50. Rg6 $1 Rb3 51. Re6 Kg7 52. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates (12)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1p6/1P1pk2p/P6P/3KPR2/5P2/2r5 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 47... Rc4 48. Rf7 Rxa4 49. f4+ Ke6 50. Rh7 Ra3+ 51. Kd4 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 Ra3+
53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3 (54... Ra5 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rxh5 Rxb5 57. Rh7+ Kf6)
55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rxh5 (56. Ke2) 56... d4 57. Re5+ Kf6 58. Re4 (58. h5) 58...
dxe3 59. Rxe3 Ra5 60. Re5 a6 61. bxa6 Rxa6 62. Rb5 Ra1 63. Rxb6+ Kf5 64. Rb5+
Kf6 {# #} 65. Kg4 Rg1+ 66. Kh5 Rh1 67. Ra5 Rh2 68. Ra8 Rh1 69. Rg8 Kf7 70. Rg4
Kf6 71. Rg8 Kf7 72. Rc8 Kf6 73. Rc5 Rh2 74. Rg5 Rh1 75. Kg4 Rg1+ 76. Kf3 Rf1+
77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78. Kf2 Rh1 79. h5 Rh4 80. Kg3 Rh1 81. Ra5 Rg1+ 82. Kf2 Rh1 83.
Kg2 Rh4 84. Kf3 Rh1 85. h6 Rxh6 $1 86. Ra6+ Kf5 87. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates (12)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1p2p3/p1k2r1p/P1P5/2K4R/7P/8 w - - 0 63"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 63. Re3 e5 (63... h4 64. Rxe6 Rf3+ 65. Kc2 Rh3) 64. h4 Kd6 65. Rd3+ Ke6
66. Rg3 Kf6 67. Rd3 Rf4 68. Rd6+ Kf5 69. Rxb6 Rxh4 70. c5 $1 {# #} Rxa4 71. Rh6
$2 (71. c6 $1 Ke6 72. Rb5 $1 Kd6 73. Rxe5 $1 h4 74. Kb3 (74. Rh5 Kxc6 $11)
74... Ra1 75. Kb2 $11) 71... Ke4 $1 72. Rd6 Rd4 73. Ra6 Kd5 74. Rxa5 Rc4+ 75.
Kd3 Rxc5 76. Ra4 Rc7 77. Rh4 Rh7 78. Ke3 Ke6 79. Ke4 Rh8 80. Ke3 Kf5 81. Ke2
Kg5 82. Re4 Re8 83. Ke3 h4 84. Ke2 h3 85. Kf2 h2 86. Kg2 h1=Q+ 87. Kxh1 Kf5 88.
Re1 Rg8 89. Kh2 Kf4 90. Rf1+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/5r2/6PK/6PR/8/8/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 1. g7+ (1. Rh4 $2 Rh7+ $1 $11) 1... Kg8 2. Rh3 Rf3 3. Rg3 $1 Rxf2 4. Ra3
Rh2+ 5. Kg6 Ra2 6. Rf3 Ra6+ 7. Rf6 Rb6 8. Kh6 Rb8 9. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ajedrez de Estilo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko and E. Janosi"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7R/2p2Pp1/8/5r2/3P3K/Pk6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.05.19"]

{# #} 1. f7 (1. Rf7 $2 Kxa2 2. Rf8 Kb3 3. f7 Kc3 4. d4 Kd3 $11) 1... Ka3 $1 (
1... Kxa2 $2 2. Kg3 g5 3. Rh2+ {followed by Rf2}) 2. d4 $1 (2. Kg3 $2 Rf1 $1 3.
d4 Rf5 $1 $11) 2... g5 (2... Rf5 3. Kg3 $1 Kb4 4. Kg4 Ka4 5. a3 Kb5 6. Rh5 $1 {
wins.}) 3. Kg3 Kb4 4. d5 Kc5 (4... cxd5 $2 5. Rh4 $1 {wins.}) 5. dxc6 Kxc6 6.
a4 (6. Rg7 $2 Kd6 7. a4 Ke7 $11) 6... Kc5 $1 (6... Kd6 7. a5) 7. Rg7 Kb6 (7...
Kd6 8. a5 Ke7 9. a6 Kf8 10. Rh7 Ra4 11. a7 Rxa7 12. Rh8+ Kxf7 13. Rh7+ {wins.})
8. Kg2 $1 (8. a5+ $2 Ka6 $1 $11) (8. Kh3 Ka6 9. Kh2 $2 Rf3 10. Kg2 g4 $11) 8...
Ka5 (8... Ka6 9. Kh3 Kb6 10. Kg3) (8... Rg4+ 9. Kf3 Rf4+ 10. Kg3 Ka6 11. a5) 9.
Rxg5+ Kxa4 10. Rg4 Rxg4+ 11. Kf3 Rg1 12. Kf2 {wins.} 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Ginsburg, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Shulman, Yury"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2r2/pp1nqn1k/2pp2pb/4Pp1p/2PP1p1N/2N3BP/PPQ1B1P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]

{Inf 82/520} {When I was asked to write an article for the column "My best
move", my initial thought was 'Should I write this article about my chess
moves?' Or maybe about some other interesting moves I made? For instance,
despite being a chessplayer, some time ago I was able to build a sand
playground for my son Gabriel. From another point, I had so many interesting
moves I had a pleasure to make on a chess board, which I still remember with a
smile on my face (although sometimes my opponents had even a wider smile in
the games against me). Some readers might blame me for not picking either of
two moves 24...Rxg5 or 26...Qe3 in the game against Hikaru in 2010 US
Championship. Joel Benjamin might say: "Comon, Yury, have you forgotten about
28...Be2 and your miraculous save in our 2004 US Championship game?" The move
22...Rg4 in the game against Julio Becerra, was probably the most important
one to bring the US championship title in 2008. I could keep on going on this
list forever, since all chessplayers have general tendency to enjoy their
moves much more than the moves of other great players. Also the very
scrupulous reader might say that I only play good games on a Black side of
French Defence. But if one really has enough time and desire to enjoy more of
great chess moves, I would redirect him/her to an amazing website - http://
timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm. This webiste lists 110 best moves 
(surprisingly not including any of them mentioned in this article) ever
played!   Anyway, the move I picked for this article is 20.Qxf5 against Mark
Ginzburg (Las Vegas 2001).  Why was this move picked? As everything great in
our lives, it has no explanation. Or maybe it is up to reader to decide?} 19.
Nxg6 $1 {Some readers would think that this is my best move, but please just
take a second of patience...} (19. Bxh5 $6 {was not a good continuation of
attack, because of} Nh8 $1 {What an amazing defence! Black is just better! If
it happened in the game, probably Mark would have written this article :)})
19... Kxg6 {Diagram [#] And here comes...} 20. Qxf5+ $3 {This is the best
move! Although I was a little disappointed that Mark hadn't taken a Queen.
When I asked him after the game 'why?', he answered with something
philosophical like: 'When GM sacrifices a Queen, checkmate should be there
even if you do not see it"} ({Again} 20. Bxh5+ $4 {did not work:} Kxh5 21.
Qxf5+ Ng5 $19) 20... Kg7 ({Of course most of us are curious what would have
happened if Black have captured the Queen. Here are the lines which were left
behind curtain:} 20... Kxf5 21. Bd3+ Kg5 22. Bxf4+ $3 {another nice sacrifice}
(22. h4+ $2 Kg4 23. Be2+ f3 $1 {would be winning for Black who has a safe King
on g4!}) 22... Kxf4 (22... Kh4 23. g3+ Kxh3 24. Bf5#) 23. Re4+ {Now Black has
three options, but all of them lead to a checkmate by force:} Kf5 (23... Kg3
24. Ne2#) (23... Kg5 24. h4+ Kf5 (24... Kg6 25. Rg4#) 25. Rf1+ Bf4 26. Rexf4+
Ke6 27. Bf5#) 24. Rg4+ (24. Rf1+ $2 Bf4 $3) 24... Ke6 25. d5+ cxd5 26. cxd5+
Kxe5 27. Re1+ Kf6 28. Rg6#) 21. Bd3 {I really hoped that one of the
above-mentioned amazing lines would happen on the board and after the
cold-blooded 20...Kg7 it was time to regroup myself for another battle.} Rh8 (
21... Rg8 {was another option, but} 22. e6 {gives White winning attack}) 22.
Qg6+ Kf8 23. e6 Rg8 $6 (23... Nde5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 26. Bf5 {
with unstoppable threats}) (23... fxg3 {was probably the best try since it
would require White to find some precise moves:} 24. exf7 Qxf7 (24... Be3+ 25.
Kh1 Qg5 (25... h4 {is a line which will bring another smile on reader's face:}
26. Ne4 Bxd4 27. Ng5 Ne5 28. Nh7+ Rxh7 29. Qg8#) 26. Qxd6+) 25. Qxd6+ Kg8 26.
Re6 $1 Bg7 (26... Nf8 27. Rxh6) 27. Rf1 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 {with winning attack})
24. Bh4 $1 Rxg6 (24... Bg5 {would force me to find another Kh1! solution} 25.
Bxg5 ({probably} 25. Qxf7+ {is just simpler:} Qxf7 26. exf7 Kxf7 27. Bxg5 Rxg5
28. Ne4 $18 {, but how can we avoid to look at another brilliant line :)})
25... Nxg5 26. exd7 Nf3+ (26... Qxd7 27. Qh6+ Rg7 28. Bg6) 27. Kh1 $1 Nxe1 28.
dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxe1+ $18) 25. Bxe7+
Kxe7 26. exd7+ (26. Bxg6 {was another win}) 26... Re6 27. dxc8=Q {Mark
resigned since the endgame after} (27. dxc8=Q Rxc8 28. Bf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1+ Kd8
30. Bxc8 Kxc8 31. Re7 {is not much fun. As most of chessplayers, although I
admire this game and the move 20.Qxf5!! a lot, I would hope that my best move
as well as the best move of all readers would be played in the future! Good
luck to everyone in search for beauty in chess!}) 1-0

